CVE-2008-5187
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.6%EU EUVD
The load function in the XPM loader for imlib2 1.4.2, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XPM file that triggers a "pointer arithmetic error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2426.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.6% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5165)
- Published
- November 21, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5165 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- enlightenment / imlib2
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505714#15
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://osvdb.org/49970
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32796(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32963
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33323
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-23.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1672
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:019
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32371
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-683-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3212
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00856.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00858.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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